The northern lights are usually seen as an auroral oval around the North Pole at about 66-69 degrees north latitudes—the Arctic Circle. The best places to see them are Alaska, northern Canada ...

states. NOAA forecast a Kp index of five on a scale of nine for Friday night, indicating the northern lights will be seen further south from the North Pole and be “quite pleasing to look at ...

"The current behavior of magnetic north is something that we have never observed before." For decades, scientists have been tracking the shift in Earth's magnetic north pole away from Canada and ...

Check your compass again — Earth’s north magnetic pole is moving toward Siberia. Since at least the early 19th century, Earth’s north magnetic pole has been situated in the Canadian Arctic ...

A spacecraft has sent back some of the most detailed and breathtaking images of Mercury's north pole, shedding new light on the mysterious, shadowy regions of the small planet closest to the Sun.

Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps moving. Here’s what to know.

90° 00’ N. Light fog. Around us, a mosaic of ice floes and open water, just like in most areas of the summerly Arctic Ocean nowadays. However, a glance at our ship’s positioning system proves that we ...